Adventures of a teenage author...

This is Marta, author of the Darkwoods series and of Marta's Blog. I created this blog specifically for blogging about my 2015 study abroad adventures in Europe, but it's becoming the blog for all my travels. I hope you enjoy all the pictures and stories!

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Paddywagon Tour Day 1 - Cong

Just a tiny little town we stopped at on the way to Connemara and Galway. Shot in Cong were scenes from John Wayne's The Silent Man. You can see many tributes to the film all over Cong:


Pub where they shot a fight scene

Statue of John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara

There were some other really cool things, too:



Like this beautiful old monastery:













And this picturesque little river, which separates two counties:

(And yes, the scarf really does say "St. Patrick's Day.")

2 comments:

  1. My mom loves John Wayne films. She would be so jealous.

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    1. It was a really cool town, definitely worth a trip if you can get out there.

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